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scrounge
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
scrounges; scrounged; scrounging
scrounges; scrounged; scrounging
Learner's definition of SCROUNGE
1
: to persuade someone to give you (something) for free白拿；白要 — often + off or from
[+ object]
- I managed to scrounge enough money for a bus ticket.我设法弄到了够买一张公共汽车票的钱。
- I scrounged a few bucks off my friend for lunch.我从朋友那里拿了几块钱去吃午饭。
- She scrounged some money from her folks.她从家人那里要到了一些钱。
[no object]
- He's always scrounging off his friends instead of paying for things himself.他总是蹭朋友的，自己从不付账。
2
US : to get or find something by looking in different places, asking different people, etc.搜寻；四处寻找 — often + up
[no object]
- We scrounged around for firewood.我们到处捡柴火。
[+ object]
- We managed to scrounge some firewood.我们设法捡了些柴火。
- I tried to scrounge up some tickets to the show, but I didn't have any luck.我想搞些这场演出的门票，但结果一无所获。
— scrounger
noun, plural scroungers [count]
scrounged; scrounging
: to search about and turn up something needed from whatever source is available
also : to actively seek money, work, or sustenance from any available source
scrounger noun
Synonyms
Example Sentences
I managed to scrounge enough money for a bus ticket. He's always scrounging off his friends instead of paying for things himself. We scrounged around for firewood. We managed to scrounge some firewood.
Recent Examples on the Web Masala recalled a major NATO exercise in Norway a few years ago, to which the Bundeswehr sent more than 5,000 soldiers but had to scrounge up basic supplies such as gloves from other units. 
Markus Ziener, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2022 But excessive levels of stock gathering dust is not the only reason why management now has to scrounge under sofas looking for spare change. Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2022 McCormick's campaign, meanwhile, has been waging a fight in court to scrounge for votes that might help him close the gap with Oz. CBS News, 27 May 2022 The country’s reliance on a handful of players has made life harder for new parents, who have been forced to scrounge for rare supplies of baby formula. Lauren Debter, Forbes, 17 May 2022 Sanctions had choked off the Kremlin’s access to foreign reserve currencies, leaving central bankers searching to scrounge up enough greenbacks to pay lenders. Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2022 The loss could be a crusher for IU (18-11, 9-10), which is trying to scrounge a spot in March Madness. Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Mar. 2022 In the administration’s early days, the government was struggling to scrounge up enough vaccine for those who wanted it. Jonathan Weisman, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2021 To be clear, other Taiwanese corporations have managed to scrounge up qualified women—a fair number of them, in fact. Claire Zillman, Fortune, 25 Jan. 2022 See More
Markus Ziener, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2022 But excessive levels of stock gathering dust is not the only reason why management now has to scrounge under sofas looking for spare change. Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2022 McCormick's campaign, meanwhile, has been waging a fight in court to scrounge for votes that might help him close the gap with Oz. CBS News, 27 May 2022 The country’s reliance on a handful of players has made life harder for new parents, who have been forced to scrounge for rare supplies of baby formula. Lauren Debter, Forbes, 17 May 2022 Sanctions had choked off the Kremlin’s access to foreign reserve currencies, leaving central bankers searching to scrounge up enough greenbacks to pay lenders. Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2022 The loss could be a crusher for IU (18-11, 9-10), which is trying to scrounge a spot in March Madness. Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Mar. 2022 In the administration’s early days, the government was struggling to scrounge up enough vaccine for those who wanted it. Jonathan Weisman, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2021 To be clear, other Taiwanese corporations have managed to scrounge up qualified women—a fair number of them, in fact. Claire Zillman, Fortune, 25 Jan. 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
alteration of English dialect scrunge to wander about idly
First Known Use
circa 1909, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1
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